Lenten Stillness
An Invitation to be transfigured by God’s love
Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain apart, by themselves.
And he was transfigured before them, and his clothes became dazzling white, such as no one on earth could bleach them. And there appeared to them Elijah with Moses, who were talking with Jesus.
(Mark 9:2-4)
Second Sunday of Lent
Jesus, transfigured by his prayerful and intimate contact with God, invites us to share his experience as we draw near to God and allow God’s grace to work within us. There is a quiet light that shines in every heart. It draws no attention to itself, though it is always secretly there. It is what illuminates our minds to see beauty, our desire to seek possibility, and our hearts to love life…
Our passion for life is quietly sustained from somewhere in us that is wedded to the energy and excitement of life. This shy inner light is what enables us to recognise and receive our very presence here as blessing… We enter the world as strangers who all at once become heirs to a harvest of memory, spirit, and dream that has long preceded us and will now enfold, nourish, and sustain us. The gift of the world is our first blessing.
O’Donohue, J. (2008). To Bless the Space Between Us . Convergent Books: New York, USA.
May your light give life to everything around you.
No person is in such darkness as to be completely devoid of divine light.
The divine light shines in the darkness and radiates upon all.
Thomas Aquinas
